Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-14
A PECULIAR POKER GAME,
Two Hands In Which There Was No Pair
Compel the Players to Divide Big Pot
Gan FYnncfsco FIX. miner,

Two Hands In Which There Was No Pair
Compel the Players to Divide a Big Pot.
San Francisco Elk miner.
"Well, I'm going to leave you," ssld
Thomas J. Potter, vice president and gen
eral manager Of the Union Pacific Rail
road, to several railway officials in the
Palace hotel yesterday afternoon.
Anything wrong, Tom." asked one OF
his friends.
"WelI. yes; there is. came out here
partly on business and partly to meet j.
G. Stu obs, but he is out OF town, and you
cannot imagine how greatly l am disap-
oc1nted. II be would be back in any req
sonable time would stay.
"I had q little game night before last
and played even, but for the past year or
two have had longing to get even with
Stubbs."
"Wouldn't revenge on some one else
satisfy your" inquired northwestern
man.
sNe, It's not revenge that want; it's
the rubber on the heat that played with
S!ubhs. Have none of you heard OF the
game we played at the Transcontinensal
meeting held here TWO years egc!'
nNo.n was the response from all.
"You didn'l? That's strange. l
thought Stubbs would tell it to every
one"
"He only told US how ne did you
up" observed a Southern Pacific efli'
"Did me up2 Did S.ubb5 tell you thsts
It would take q better man than Stubs to
do it," remarked Mr.. Potter in tones OF
riohfaoua 1O6jcOafjnn
'tI'll tell you how it YVES. When the
meeting adjourned, proposed TO Stubos
that we play game Of draw poker
Stubs didn't like the ides Of a two
handed game, ard suggested that we ex-
tend an invitation to TWO others. l was
with the Burlington road then, and Just
as Stubbs finished speaking TIsffic Mana
ger Kimball of the Union Pacific came up,
accompanied by the traffic manager Of the
Northern Pacific These two agreed to
play If we would knock off the limit,
which was what Stubs snd myself
| wanted.
Gas we went up to my room Stubbs
winked at me, meaning, Wen do 'sm up.
nChips were $3.50. From the first
| Stubbs showed, an inclinatlOn to bluf'
| He took several good pots from me on
pat hands that 1 don't think were more
than ace high. lost about 500 to him,
and was growing angry. I made up my
mind to win something on grand BLUM
"Kimball and Hsnnaiord played close
and the only way to get even was to rur
against Stuobs.
"Kim5kll dealt around at last, enC
Stubs made it ten chips to play l hac
only ace high, with q king and queer
back of it. Now is my chance to bluff,
thought, and raised the comein fifty
Rimball and Hsnnaford stayed out.
.sStuoos looked ct me for time and
then raised me hundred. l saw thls
raise and then discarded.
"sHoW many cards do you warl?
Kimball asked Stubs.
"The latter blushed and said ne did mo-
want any.
"The blush decided me. knew it was
another bluff, and drew two cards to my
ace, king and queen.
J "Stubbs bet hundred.
81 raised him a hundred on sn l 0 U.
"Stubbs came back at me with rails;
OF two hundred and l raised him back.
" Potter, I don't want to rob you hs
said, Il have you beeten and you had bet
ter lay down.
"His face was pale, and his hand wat
trembling, and so was his voice when ne
spoke.
81 laughed, and said not by damn
sight, and went back to him with an
other I. o. U.
"For heavens sake, Potter. don't ge'
go rash,' ne advised me; you're beaten
and why don't you lay DOWN. I raise
you $780,
81 thought probably he had something
had not bettered my hand, and began &c
take the matter seriously.
81 looked at my nand again, and then
called him.
"TSe devil you do said Stubbs, pale
and frightened. 4 have only ace high,
he said.
"sThat's what 1 have,' said I.
"'Then have you beaten, 'ssid Stubbs
throwing his hakd On the table. Il have
king and queen next
"'Don't be too certain Of that said L
have his majesty and her ladyship my
SELF
"Like - you have,' he said, and biz
face once more whitened.
"sThat's what I have said I, 'ant
here is ten spot and seven behinc
that
"'For the Lords sake, have the same
Identical hand he said.
''I have played poker for twenty years
and l never saw hand like that before
We played no more that night. We di-
vided the pot and called for the wine.
"We have both been anxious to NEE
since, bat whenever 1 come to the c0as
| Stubbs Is east, or somewhere else.
will get to him some time, thouSh. Well
let's go and have something"